Gunmen kill mother, wound infant girl during attack in violent northern Mexican border city

Baby wounded, mother killed in Mexican border city

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Authorities in the northern Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez say assailants shot a woman to death and seriously wounded her 9-month-old daughter.

Prosecutors’ spokesman Arturo Sandoval says the mother and child were traveling with the child’s father when the gunmen chased and attacked their vehicle.

The father was not injured. Sandoval says the 23-year-old man is being held for illegal weapons possession after police found a handgun in the car.

The 24-year-old mother died at the scene of Thursday’s attack. The baby suffered a gunshot wound to her head and is in serious condition at a hospital.

Investigators found about a dozen shell casings at the scene. They have not determined a motive for the attack.